† splottyadj.
Obsolete. rare.
Spotted, speckled.
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spotteda1325
spotty1340
splotty1382
scawed1398
engoutedc1450
dropped1611
measled1634
fly-bitten1639
maculated1646
bedrop1658
polluted1667
diced1671
puncticular1671
pantherine1753
parded1806
guttular1811
naevose1847
pellucido-punctate1847
measly1849
notate1857
maculiferous1863
spot-skin1871
naevous1890
1382 Nicholas of Hereford Gen. xxx. 35 (Bodl. 959) Þe schepe..& þe weþeres, dyuers & splotty.
1382 Nicholas of Hereford Gen. xxxi. 10 Males steying up upon femalez, vary & splotty.
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adj.1382- beat the living shit, hell, etc, out of a thing
- beat the market
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- beat to a pulp